Amazing what you will find on a box of Cheez-it Crackers

I'm at work on my lunch break and I noticed a box of "Cheez-It Extra Cheddar Party Mix" sitting on my co-workers desk, so I decided to check out
the ingredients... and here is what I have found. The red boxes in the picture below indicate what I know to be ingredients containing Genetically
Modified Organisms(GMOs) because over 90% of soy and cotton crops are GMO crops. There is a very good chance that the corn ingredients are also GMO,
because 85% of all corn crops in the US are GMO. The dairy ingredients probably also contain GMOs depending on what the cow ate, not to mention the
hormones cows are treated with sometimes. TBHQ is also boxed in red, and it is a petroleum product similar to butane. Food coloring dyes yellow #5 and
yellow #6 are thought to be cancer causing and have been banned in some countries. These dyes also cause many disorders, mainly in children. The moral
of the story is just because the FDA says it is safe to eat doesn't mean that it is. This stuff is literally poison. This is just one box of
crackers... imagine what else you are eating everyday, and imagine what you are feeding your kids. This is why my family has switched to all natural
and organic food, because we want to live past 60. Pay attention to the ingredients in your food!!!!!!

And it surprises you to learn that you're being slowly killed off?
Agenda 21, hello?

I'm not surprised... I have known this for quite sometime, and switched to Organic quite a while back. I only want to open other people's eyes to
this truth, and the best way is to use real examples of food products that everyone eats without even thinking about the ingredients.

On this issue...I sound like a broken record to my friends and family. I am frequently preaching....buy fresh organic foods and eat at home! It is
much cheaper to eat at home and you have control over the ingredients.

Sometimes I think the junk food companies and the medical profession have a secret pact. Eat all that overly processed food that has very little if
any nutritional value over a period of time; and you are sure to become ill and have to see a Doctor.

Originally posted by AfterInfinity
I'm seeing a lot of soy here...is there a problem with that?

My buddy is a culinary genius (or pretty close to it) and very health aware. He still uses soy. What's the problem?

Too much soy actually produces estrogen in Men, and even though soy does have health benefits, over 90% of soy is genetically modified, and GMO food
has been shown to cause sterillity and organ failure, among other problems, in rats and mice. GMOs probably won't effect you, but it may effect your
kids and certainly your grandkids.

On this issue...I sound like a broken record to my friends and family. I am frequently preaching....buy fresh organic foods and eat at home! It is
much cheaper to eat at home and you have control over the ingredients.

Sometimes I think the junk food companies and the medical profession have a secret pact. Eat all that overly processed food that has very little if
any nutritional value over a period of time; and you are sure to become ill and have to see a Doctor.

I have thought for a while that they do indeed have a pact... the food companies get us sick, and Big Pharma is there to treat our sickness. They
won't cure it because there is no longterm profit in that.

I'm stocking up on natural seeds. Will be good currency in the future.
Started a small garden too, just to learn how to deal with vegetables.
Hard to find proper edible food anymore. Everything has 25 ingredients.

If GMO scares you then yes you have a reason to be scared. Some of us, not even slightly scared.

Did I say that I was scared? No, because as I mentioned, I eat organic food. I am putting information out for others, using an everyday product as
an example. It isn't only in junk food, in fact, most of the food that is marketed as Diet food or weight loss food contains GMOs as well, like
Weight Watcher's Smart Ones.

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